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Improving the Evidence-based Care of Febrile Neonates: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Pediatric Quality & Safety, 2022
Introduction: Our emergency department updated our care algorithm to provide evidence-based, standardized care to 0- to 60-day-old febrile neonates. Specifically, we wanted to increase the proportion of visits for which algorithm-adherent care was provided from 90% to 95% for infants 0–28 days, and from 67% to 95% for infants ...
Yu, Lily, Bensman, Rachel S., Hariharan, Selena L., McAneney, Constance M., Ovalle, Victoria Wurster, Kurowski, Eileen Murtagh   +5 more
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Improving mental health outcomes: achieving equity through quality improvement [PDF]

, 2014
20.05. 15 KB. paper re-submitted to include updated metadataObjective To investigate equity of patient outcomes in a psychological therapy service, following increased access achieved by a quality improvement (QI) initiative.
Barnes, R, Green, J, Emmi Honeybourne, John Green, Poots, A, Ruth Barnes, Bell, D, Woodcock, T, Green, SA, Derek Bell, Honeybourne, E, Alan J. Poots, Stuarta Green   +12 more
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Barriers and facilitators to the successful development, implementation and evaluation of care bundles in acute care in hospital: a scoping review

Implementation Science, 2019
Background Care bundles are small sets of evidence-based recommendations, designed to support the implementation of evidence-based best clinical practice.
D. Gilhooly, S. A. Green, C. McCann, N. Black, S. R. Moonesinghe   +4 more
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Evidence-Based Practice: Improving the Quality of Perinatal Care

Neonatology, 2019
<b><i>Background:</i></b> For clinical research findings to improve the quality of care and outcomes for newborn infants and their families, they need to be implemented in policy and adopted in practice. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> We describe the principles of effective dissemination and implementation of ...
Soll, Roger F, McGuire, William
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Improving Evidence-Based Care in Cystic Fibrosis Through Quality Improvement [PDF]

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2010
To increase clinician adherence to prescribing guidelines for pulmonary medications in children with cystic fibrosis (CF).Quality improvement project with multiple time series design.The CF center at a tertiary care pediatric hospital in the United States.Children with CF who were eligible to receive oral azithromycin, nebulized dornase alfa, or ...
Gary L, McPhail, Jeanne, Weiland, James D, Acton, Mathew, Ednick, Amrita, Chima, Rhonda, VanDyke, Matthew C, Fenchel, Raouf S, Amin, Michael, Seid   +8 more
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Results of a sector-wide quality improvement initiative for substance-abuse care: an uncontrolled before-after study in Catalonia, Spain. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: The Health Department of the Regional Government of Catalonia, Spain, issued a quality plan for substance abuse centers. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of a multidimensional quality improvement initiative in the field ...
Lopez, Rosa M, Suñol Rosa, Rosa M Lopez, Colom Farran, Joan, Lopez Galera, Rosa Maria, Colom Joan, Hilarion, Pilar, Lopez Rosa M, Pilar Hilarion, Rosa Suñol, Lopez, Rosa M., Suñol, Rosa, Hilarion Pilar, Colom, Joan, Groene Oliver, Joan Colom, Oliver Groene, Groene, Oliver, Suñol Sala, Rosa   +18 more
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Prioritizing evidence-based practices for acute respiratory distress syndrome using digital data: an iterative multi-stakeholder process

Implementation Science, 2022
Background Evidence-based practices (EBPs) for patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation vary in the quality of their underlying evidence and ease of implementation.
Jennifer N. Ervin, Millie R. Dibble, Victor C. Rentes, Michael W. Sjoding, Michelle N. Gong, Catherine L. Hough, Theodore J. Iwashyna, Anne E. Sales   +7 more
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THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ERNEST AMORY CODMAN: A PIONEER OF OUTCOMES AND A FORERUNNER OF MODERN QUALITY MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE [PDF]

Sanamed
Ernest Amory Codman (1869–1940) was an American surgeon, reformer, and visionary whose work marked the beginnings of systematic quality measurement in medicine.
Medarevic Aleksandar
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Is the maturity of hospitals' quality improvement systems associated with measures of quality and patient safety? [PDF]

, 2011
UNLABELLED: ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Previous research addressed the development of a classification scheme for quality improvement systems in European hospitals.
Saez, Mercedes, Andrew Thompson, Mercè Casas, Thompson, A, Casas Galofré, Mercè, Suñol, Rosa, Groene Oliver, Casas Mercè, Mora, N, Suñol, R, Thompson, Andrew, Saez Mercedes, Mora, Nuria, Mercedes Saez, Saez, M, Suñol Rosa, Casas, M, Nuria Mora, Groene, O, Thompson Andrew, Rosa Suñol, Mora Nuria, Oliver Groene, Casas, Mercè, Groene, Oliver, Suñol Sala, Rosa   +25 more
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Is patient-centredness in European hospitals related to existing quality improvement strategies? Analysis of a cross-sectional survey (MARQuIS study). [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: There is growing recognition of patients' contributions to setting objectives for their own care, improving health outcomes and evaluating care.
Lombarts, MJMH, Klazinga, N., Groene, O., Groene, O, Thompson, A, Lombarts, M.J.M.H., Lombarts, M. J. M. H., Klazinga, N, Suñol, R, Suñol, R., Groene, Oliver, Suñol Sala, Rosa, Alonso, J., Alonso, J, Thompson, A.   +14 more
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